Burial-vaulting system.



C. F; RAYDURE.

BumAL vALTxNG SYSTEM. I APPLIICATION FlLED JA'N.18. 1916.

1 ,204,686. Patented Noi. 14, 1916.

CHARLES F. RAYDURE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BURIAL-VAULTING SYSTEM.

Application filed January 18,y 1916.

ie it known that '1, Cinemas F. RAYDURE, a citizen ofthe United States', residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lhlrial-Yaulting Systems, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to a system of building up in an oblong ground opening burial raulting structures of rein'forced concrete or monolithic material independent and separable as structures with respect to each other and each arranged forthereception of a easket or eoflin. The structures mounted upon one' another withoutprevious preparation in respect to surroundings, yet at the same tinarranged so as to be removable for other disposition of the structures with the least time, trouble or disturbance in so doing of the ground opening.

llitherto the common custom has been to provide an oblong opening in the ground and to build up walls of brick or cement into separate, crypts for sliding collins or caskets thereinto from a point central of the ground opening toward each side. This is expensive, and takes time, and the main purpose of my invention is to lessen the time in providing vaulting for a casket or Collin and to simplify the method of such vaulting used either singly or collectively and of a character impervious to moisture and air so that cofiins or caskets placed therein are proof against deleterious effects of ground dampness that hitherto wooden boxes or the like were subi ject to, causing crumbling of the same, while the said reinforced monolithic or cement structures areproof against disintegration bv aged confinement in the ground.

'.lhe nature, scope and characteristic fea- Specification of Letters Patent.

rstructure for the defined purpose.

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vide a molded reinforced moisture and air proof structure for the reception of a casket or cofiin to indefinitely preserve the same; and Fig. 3, is a transverse sectional view of a slightly modified arrangement of the structure of.' Fig. l, in respect to the manner as well as means of reinforcing the molded monolithic or cement moisture and air proof Referring to the drawings 4, is the oblon ground opening or grave for receiving a series of structures 5, of my said invention. Each molded structure iscomposed of internal metal means as netting 6, in Figs. l and 2 or steel or iron wires, rods or bars 6, as in Fig. The said means 6, is arranged as shown in the drawings in the bottom,

sides, ends and cover of the molded structure and against and about which concrete, ce-

ment or monolithic substance or material is molded therewith, so as to rigidly adhere thereto and to form a strong substantial structure and in hardening to assume va moisture and air proof condition for the recepm tion ol easkets or eoflins 7, as clearly shown in Fig. l. rlhe cover S, in Figs. 1 and 2, is shown offset on the inner portion to snugly fit down against the inner edge of the body of the reinforced structure, while in Fig. 3, the cover is provided with a tongue 9, fitting a groove 10, provided in the upper edge of the structure to snugly fitthe same and thus to provide a moisture and air tight structure with the casket or coffin placed therein, for example, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

It will be seen according to the plan of my invention, safe preservation of the deposited casket or coffin will be assured in reinforced concrete structures and be unaffected by surrounding conditions in which the lstructures are placed, as their very nature is such as to-harden and become more and more impervious to moisture, air or ground dampne'ss the longer remaining in the ground thus preserving indefinitely the coflins or caskets intact, while at the same time affording if occasion requires, ready removal with the least possible time and trouble, owing to the arrangement in character of the structures and their provision with engaging means 11 and 12, to fit firmly against each other, as clearly shown in Fig.'1.

.Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A burial vault system, consisting of a ser'ies of erypts arranged que @bovina the and mim said, Hd by inf/flocking with che A other and meach having a lid with mi 'Jst Y1e:'-,:pectjm cyps and tha said crypts w'dx under peri 'heral surface to 5t c'rpemen' ''ln ohelj, thereby'-preventing their distally the o set- Suri'ace of its crypt and each placemen. in said'alining relatioshipgub- 5 of said lids having adjcent to the respetive s tnntay as described.

ends the provision of grooves to engag L1 `wzess whereof, hm@ hereunto sei .tongues formed integmljvh th@ bqtum of. my signature in the presence of the sub 'the next in series of said bryps co pzjvige Scrbing' winess. f thereby :1 vault struu'e with a saries of CHARLES F. RAYDURE. 1G -readily removable crypte Whcg, fe uni Witness:

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